System and Method of Managing Technician Review of Medical Test Data
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1. A method of managing of a technician to review medical test data collected from a patient, the method comprising:
- receiving medical test data;
applying at least one analysis algorithm to the medical test data to produce at least one pre-evaluation summary of the medical test data;
applying at least one triage rule to the at least one pre-evaluation summary of the medical test data;
assigning the medical test data to the technician based upon the application of the at least one triage rule to the at least one pre-evaluation summary;
presenting an indication of the medical test data in a queue of work for the technician on a graphical display.
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Abstract
A system and method of managing a technician review of medical test data collected from a patient includes receiving medical test data. At least one analysis algorithm is applied to the medical test data to produce a pre-evaluation summary. The medical test data is assigned to the technician based upon an application of a triage rule to the pre-evaluation summary and the assigned medical test data is presented in a queue of work for the technician.
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1. A method of managing of a technician to review medical test data collected from a patient, the method comprising:
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receiving medical test data; applying at least one analysis algorithm to the medical test data to produce at least one pre-evaluation summary of the medical test data; applying at least one triage rule to the at least one pre-evaluation summary of the medical test data; assigning the medical test data to the technician based upon the application of the at least one triage rule to the at least one pre-evaluation summary; presenting an indication of the medical test data in a queue of work for the technician on a graphical display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of managing the assignment of medical test data for manual review by a technician among a plurality of technicians, the method comprising:
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receiving medical test data of a completed medical test comprising a continuous physiological data recording; conducting a medical test data pre-evaluation comprising; applying at least one clinical importance algorithm to the continuous physiological data recording test data to identify at least one clinical abnormality present in the continuous physiological data recording; and applying at least one difficulty analysis algorithm to the continuous physiological data recording to estimate a signal quality of the continuous physiological data recording; evaluating an urgency of the medical test data based upon the at least one identified clinical abnormality according to at least one triage rule; evaluating a processing time of the medical test data based upon the estimated signal quality according to the at least one triage rule; assigning the manual review of the medical test data to a technician of the plurality of technicians based upon the evaluated urgency and processing time of the continuous physiological data recording; and updating a work queue presented on a graphical display of the technician to include an indication of the medical test data. - View Dependent Claims (12, 14, 15, 16)
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13. The method of claim 13, further comprising:
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evaluating each of the technicians of the plurality of technicians on the basis of a quality of manual review performed by each of the technicians; wherein the manual review of the medical test data is assigned to the technician of the plurality of technicians further based upon the evaluated quality of each of the plurality of technicians.
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17. A system for facilitating the review of medical test data by a technician, the system comprises:
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a technician workstation comprising a graphical display, the graphical display operates to present a work queue to the technician, the work queue including indications of medical test data assigned to the technician for review; a first computer readable medium that stores at least one clinical important algorithm that when applied to medical test data, identifies at least one clinical abnormality in the medical test data; a second computer readable medium that stores at least one difficulty algorithm that when applied to medical test data, evaluates a signal quality of the medical test data; a third computer readable medium that stores at least one triage rule; and a medical test analysis computer that receives medical test data, creates a pre-evaluation of the medical test data by accessing and applying the at least one clinical importance algorithm and at least one difficulty algorithm to the medical test data, assigns the medical test data to the technician based upon the at least one triage rule, and provides indication of the medical test data to the technician workstation for presentation in the work queue. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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